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Wading in a Velvet Sea

Today on Tablet

by
Marc Tracy
January 03, 2012

A three-year-old’s choice of a velvet yarmulke, which signifies ultra-Orthodoxy, leads to a crisis for the boy’s mother. Today in Tablet Magazine, Taffy Brodesser-Akner navigates her son’s future religion, attitude toward women, and life; meantime, he decides how he would like to cover his head.

Marc Tracy is a staff writer at The New Republic, and was previously a staff writer at Tablet. He tweets @marcatracy.